Ukraine Crimea Under Siege 2014

Pro-Russian supporters, members of pro-Russian self defense units, Cossacks and military men are attending a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol on March 9, 2014 in support of the unification of Crimea with Russia ahead of the unique Crimean Referendum on March 16, 2014.

An unidentified military man, believed to be Russian soldier is seen in front of the base of the 36th detached brigade of the Ukrainian Navy's coastal guards, that they blocked, not far from the village of Perevalne, near Simferopol, on March 5, 2014.in on March 16, 2014.

Pro-Russian supporters are welcoming car column with the Russian flag on the cars of other pro-Russian supporters, near the Lenin statue in Simferopol, Crimea on March 4, 2014.

People are looking through a bus window, while a peaceful Pro-Ukrainian supporters /not pictured/ are passing in front of the local parliament building, where Cossacks are standing guard /not pictured/ during a rally in Simferopol March 8, 2014.

A young pro-Ukrainian supporter sings Ukrainian national anthem during pro-Ukrainian peaceful rally in Simferopol March 9, 2014, in honour of 19th-century Ukrainian national hero and poet Taras Shevchenko.

The Crimean flag is seen in a polling station during the vote for the regional unique Crimean referendum on breaking away from Ukraine and join Russia, in Simferopol on March 16, 2014.

Cossack is standing guard in front of the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol on March 9, 2014, ahead of the unique Crimean Referendum on March 9, 2014.

Pro-Russian supporters are listening a speech from a pro-Russian supporters, near the Lenin statue in Simferopol, Crimea on March 4, 2014. Boryana Katsarova/ Pulitzer Center

Crimean Tatars from the local community are attending peaceful pro-Ukrainian protest in front of an Ukrainian military base, which is surrounded by a pro-Russian self-defense units, against the upcoming Crimean Referendum on 16 March, in the town of Bakhchisaray, some thirty kilometers south-west from Simferopol on March 14, 2014.

Crimean Tatars from the local community are attending peaceful pro-Ukrainian protest, in front of an Ukrainian military base, which is surrounded by a pro-Russian self-defense units, against the upcoming Crimean Referendum on 16 March, near the town of Bakhchisaray, some thirty kilometers south-west from Simferopol on March 14, 2014.

An unidentified dressed in military uniform man, believed to be Russian serviceman is filming Crimean Tatars from local community during their peaceful pro-Ukrainian protest in front of an Ukrainian military base, which is surrounded by a pro-Russian self-defense units, against the Crimean Referendum held on 16 March, the town of Bakhchisaray, some thirty kilometers south-west from Simferopol on March 14, 2014. Photo Boryana Katsarova/ Pulitzer Center

Pro-Russian supporters are carrying the Russian flag during a rally in Simferopol on March 9, 2014 in support of the unification of Crimea with Russia.

Unidentified military men, believed to be Russian servicemen are seen in front of a convoy of military trucks, based near the base of the 36th detached brigade of the Ukrainian Navy's coastal guards. The base, as well as all the Ukrainian military bases on the Crimean peninsula were blocked by unidentified military men weeks before the regional unique Crimean referendum on breaking away the region of Crimea from Ukraine and joining Russia took place.

Commission members are seen to explain the rules for voting to a Crimean citizen in a polling station, which building originally is the club of the military people from the Ukrainian Society of Defense, in Simferopol on March 16, 2014.

A woman is seen in a voting booth in a polling station, which building originally is the club of the military people from the Ukrainian Society of Defense, in Simferopol on March 16, 2014. On the walls behind the polling booth are seen the flag of the Former Soviet Union in the middle, as well as the portrait of Lenin on the left and a decree of the presidium of the High Council of Former Soviet Union / USSR /.

A young voter looks herself in the mirror while make up her face inside a voting station the building of which originally is the club of the military people from the Ukrainian Society of Defense, in Simferopol on March 16, 2014.

People are attending the Simferopol theater on March 18, 2014, only two days after the end of the vote for the regional unique Crimean referendum on breaking away from Ukraine and join Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin officially recognized the "reunification" of breakaway Ukrainian region of Crimea with Russia on March 18, 2014.

Inside a polling station, which building originally is the club of the military people from the Ukrainian Society of Defense, is seen painted the Red Square, in Simferopol on March 16, 2014.

Pro Russian Crimean supporters are singing "Russia,Russia, Russia" at Simferopol's Lenin Square after the end of the vote for the regional unique Crimean referendum on breaking away from Ukraine and join Russia, in Simferopol on March 16, 2014.

Unidentified military men, believed to be Russian servicemen are seen in front of the base of the 36th detached brigade of the Ukrainian Navy's coastal guards, that they blocked, not far from the village of Perevalnoye, near Simferopol on March 17, 2014. A day after the vote for the regional unique Crimean referendum on breaking away from Ukraine and join Russia.